Republican leaders dump Trump, openly and in growing numbers
Republican leaders dump Trump, openly and in growing numbers
Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times, Washington
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush on Friday joined a growing band of Republican leaders who have announced they will not back their party’s presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Bush, who also ran for the nomination, said in a Facebook post: “In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life.”
Speaker Paul Ryan, the senior-most elected Republican in the country, said the day before that he is unable to support Trump at this time, in a stunning disavowal of the frontrunner.
Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, a leading conservative who is trying to draft a prominent political or military figure to run against Trump, tried Mitt Romney at a meeting on Friday.
Trump’s lock on the Republican nomination after the Indiana primary win has also brought into open opposition from his party leader that’s been called unparalleled in modern politics.
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Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times, Washington
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush on Friday joined a growing band of Republican leaders who have announced they will not back their party’s presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Bush, who also ran for the nomination, said in a Facebook post: “In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life.”
Speaker Paul Ryan, the senior-most elected Republican in the country, said the day before that he is unable to support Trump at this time, in a stunning disavowal of the frontrunner.
Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, a leading conservative who is trying to draft a prominent political or military figure to run against Trump, tried Mitt Romney at a meeting on Friday.
Trump’s lock on the Republican nomination after the Indiana primary win has also brought into open opposition from his party leader that’s been called unparalleled in modern politics.
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